Ellie's Art Gallery

Ellie produces multiple pieces of artwork a day. We live in a tiny apartment. If I keep all of her artwork, there will be no living space left. Advice from a wise friend was to take pictures of the art and then dispose of it, keeping only the most precious. So, here are some of those pictures.

Kids at Work/Play

Oops, someone got stuck under the bed.

Interesting uses for and ways of playing with toys...

New decorations... Ellie went to work with Daddy one day where he had some wood he was working with. He let her draw on it, and it turned into what I would consider beautiful art. We finished it with fine duct tape. 

... And our strong little boy who is always climbing as high as he can go and making his mommy nervous.

Ellie's self portraits

Ellie got ahold of the camera, and these are the pictures that I found.

Abraham's 1st Birthday-Part 2 The Party

We spent the day getting ready for the evening celebration. I made bright colored frosting for Abe's cake, but after already making Franklin and Ellie's cakes, I was out of ideas.

Beli, our househelper, worked on cutting up onions and grinding spices to make biriyani for our guests.

Our first guests got to watch a video we put together with pictures from Abraham's first year.

We have a great landlord and family, and it's always a joy to have them over. They are a huge blessing in our lives.

 Happy Birthday to our handsome baby.

An attempt at a family picture.

Abraham is a huge blessing for our family, an answer to prayer, a gift we are grateful for everyday. I'm excited to see how he grows and develops this next year.

Abraham's 1st Birthday-Part 1

Our strong Abraham turned 1 on September 30. We put his hair in a mohawk for breakfast, because he was about to get his first haircut.

My two cuties posing for a picture... well at least one is posing. :)

Pancakes for a birthday breakfast... Abraham LOVES pancakes.

Mommy gets to snip the hair first, putting some locks away for the scrapbook.

And then Daddy gets down to business. I love Ellie's expression of horror... :)

And here's our handsome big boy with hardly any hair left.

Sitting...

1. We brought out the potty, just for fun. Abe was not very interested.
2. He can turn anything into a jungle gym.

Abraham loves...

Abraham loves...
... not having to wear his diaper
...getting to wear his red shoes around the house
... and the Winnie the Pooh book of colors.

How nice to get a picture with these three all together. :)

Ellie with Mommy and Daddy